A Night With The King

Sophie felt stupid just sitting and waiting for the king to show up like he had said he would, it was way past nine pm already and she knew she should stop checking the time and just go to sleep but her stupid self couldn’t bring herself to get out of the chair and to her room. It wasn’t totally her fault, it was his fault for putting ideas in her head, ever since he left her, she hadn’t been able to function properly, it was beyond what she could contain and she shamelessly wanted to feel him inside her again even though she knew that would mean making all what the princess had said about her real. Maybe it was the pregnancy hormone that made her sexual drive higher or maybe she just wanted to have the king again.

Her mind went to the princess, she still couldn’t believe she apologized to her and also that the king called off their wedding, she was so sure that it was because of her. Sophie knew it wasn’t because of her. The fact that the king kissed her and wants to have sex with her doesn’t mean he would go as far as calling off his wedding for her. He was the king and he was allowed to keep multiple women, she didn’t know the reason he called off the wedding but she hoped the princess was okay, she felt bad for wanting the king and pinning for him while knowing there was a woman who deserved him more who was probably heartbroken because he called off their wedding. She sat in the living room, feeling guilty and at the same time wanting the king to show up so that they could continue from where they left off but with each minute that passed, it became clear that he wasn’t going to show up.

“Aha, Soph, come on, he is not coming,”

She told herself as her eyes went to the clock again. She finally gave up and walked to her room, she lay on her bed as disappointment set in, she hated how he kept her on the edge and eagerly waiting for him and he decided not to show up.

“It is for the best,”

She tried to console herself but it didn’t work, her eyes watered and she angrily wiped the tears off.

“Damn hormones,”

She let out as she closed her eyes and forced herself to go to sleep. It was hard falling asleep and when she did, she saw him in her dream, he came and fucked her senseless and she enjoyed every moment. She felt empty when she woke up and realized it was nothing but a dream.

Sophie didn’t see or hear from the king for the rest of the week, at some point, she concluded that he changed his mind and decided to stay away from her which should have been a good thing but she couldn’t lie about how disappointed she was that he didn’t keep his promise, every night she went to bed with the thought of him and each night, he visited her in her dreams and made love to her and each time, she would wake up damp and wanting. She got nothing but disappointment, she hated waking up from those dreams and hated the empty feeling she had once she woke up but there was nothing that she could do to help herself.

She let out a sad yawn as she got out of bed, she already knew her day would go as uneventful as it had been for a while now, the last time she had drama was six days ago when the princess came to her and since then, she hasn’t spoken to anyone. She felt isolated and it was beginning to tell on her, she wished there was a way for her to go back to work but she knew once she was let out of this place, she would be sent out of the palace.

Sophie took her bath and went to sit in the restroom waiting for the maid who usually served her breakfast to come in. When she heard the gate open, she turned to the door, waiting for her to show up but it wasn’t her that came in, it was another maid who had come to attend to her once before, she was new and Sophie didn’t know her at all. She didn’t come bearing food which got Sophie confused.

“My lady,”

The young woman greeted and Sophie stared at her wondering why she was there.

“What is going on?”

She asked, she feared that the day had finally come for her to vacate the palace, and her heart sank further in fear when another person walked in, a guard.

“My lady, good to see you again,”

He announced. She remembered him as the one who accompanied her to the hospital a while ago. She waved at him as part of her fears went away. Last time, he had been nice to her so maybe it wasn’t what she thought but she still couldn’t be so sure.

“My lady, we, Riley and I are your personal guard and assistant my name is Jose,”

He announced. Sophie looked from him to the young woman who was standing next to him.

“What? Since when? Wait what?”Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Sophie asked. Why would she be assigned a personal guard and help? She wasn’t someone important in the palace.

“The king instructed and we are here to obey, as of today, Riley will be in charge of getting everything you need, she will be the one serving you directly and you can ask her for the things you want, you just need to communicate with her and I will be in charge of your security when you are to leave the palace too,”

Sophie didn’t know what to say or do with the new information. She honestly never thought the king would do something like that for her and she didn’t know the reason why he was doing it, has he decided to keep her there, was he going to make her his mistress now, is this his way of making it official? All those questions ran through her mind as she stood there looking at the two people. She noticed the other maids that came to give her food suddenly started addressing her as my lady and even greeting her before walking in whereas before, they just ignored her completely, she hadn’t thought much of it but with what Jose just said, she knew now that the king was up to something.

“I am going to install this landline so that you can call when you need anything, there are only three numbers that you can call me, Riley, and the king, you can’t call anyone else with the line if you want to as it is programmed like that,”

Jose the bodyguard announced. If only he knew Sophie had no one to call.

“I can’t even ask why as I know you would say it is the king’s instruction,”

Sophie said as she stepped away and watched Jose fix the line, she didn’t have anyone to call even if she wanted to. The only person she really wanted to hear from was the old woman who lived on the outskirts of the kingdom, the one who helped her and was the major reason she was still alive today; she wanted to know how she was faring and also thank her for what she did for her. If only there was a way to speak to her.

“Yes, we are working according to the king’s instruction and it is not in our place to answer the questions you have,”

The guard responded politely.

“Right, when are you going to feed me?”

Sophie asked. She was already hungry as she was used to getting her breakfast early.

“Riley already packed food for you, we have to leave,”

He announced which got her confused again.

‘Leave? Where are we going?”

She asked him.

“You have a doctor’s appointment today and that’s where we would go,”

Jose told her once he was done fixing the phone, she didn’t even remember she had an appointment with the doctor.

“How do you know that?”

She asked looking from Jose to Riley and back to Jose.

“It is my job, if you don’t mind,”

He asked, she wasn’t dressed to leave the emerald house.

“I will just go and change,”

She told him and walked back to her room without waiting for an answer. She walked to the wardrobe and pulled out a comfortable gown which she threw on. She didn’t know what to do with her hair so she just packed it into a messy bun and checked her face in the mirror. She walked out of the room about ten minutes later.